Subdued vs Subsided - What's the difference?
subdued | subsided |
Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild.
Not glaring in color; soft and light in tone.
(subdue)
(subside)
To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.
To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate.
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*:Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside , his lids fluttered, then drooped?; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals,.
As verbs the difference between subdued and subsided
is that subdued is past tense of subdue while subsided is past tense of subside.As an adjective subdued
is conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild.subdued
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- he is subdued after the disagreement last night.
- the colour scheme used for this room is subdued .
Verb
(head)- He subdued the dog yesterday.